Kansas City @ Houston Matchups, Results & Stats

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Team Table
Team W/L H/A $ RF RA Tot O/U
KC 20-21 10-13 -66 4.29 3.98 8.27 17-23
HOU 13-32 7-16 -1080 3.98 5.91 9.89 28-15

KC vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
3-6-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U KC Starter (IP) HOU Starter (IP)
May 20, '13 HOU 6 - 5 HOU +146 o9.0 J. Guthrie (5.0) D. Keuchel (6.2)
Jun 20, '12 HOU 2 - 1 KC -120 u8.5 B. Chen (5.2) J. Lyles (7.0)
Jun 19, '12 HOU 2 - 0 KC +108 u8.0 L. Hochevar (7.2) W. Rodriguez (7.0)
Jun 18, '12 HOU 9 - 7 HOU -111 o8.5 J. Sanchez (6.0) J. Happ (6.0)
Jun 17, '10 KC 5 - 2 KC -102 u9.5 A. Lerew (6.0) B. Myers (6.2)
Jun 16, '10 KC 4 - 2 HOU -114 u8.5 B. Chen (5.2) R. Oswalt (7.0)
Jun 15, '10 KC 15 - 7 KC -113 o9.0 H. Davies (3.0) F. Paulino (4.2)
Jun 25, '09 HOU 5 - 4 HOU -114 P9.0 B. Bannister (6.0) B. Moehler (5.0)
Jun 24, '09 HOU 4 - 3 KC +162 u8.5 L. Hochevar (7.0) R. Oswalt (6.0)
Jun 23, '09 HOU 2 - 1 KC -144 u8.0 D. Greinke (8.0) R. Ortiz (7.0)

Kansas City Record Last 10

Win / Loss
2-8-0
Over / Under
4-6-0
ML
-$575
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 20, '13 @ HOU L 5 - 6 L -159 o9.0 J. Guthrie (5.0) D. Keuchel (6.2)
May 19, '13 @ ATH L 3 - 4 L +151 u8.0 L. Mendoza (6.0) A. Griffin (6.0)
May 18, '13 @ ATH L 1 - 2 L +126 u7.0 E. Santana (7.0) T. Milone (6.0)
May 17, '13 @ ATH L 1 - 2 L -111 u7.0 J. Shields (8.0) J. Parker (7.0)
May 15, '13 @ LAA W 9 - 5 W -101 o9.0 W. Davis (5.1) B. Enright (2.0)
May 14, '13 @ LAA L 2 - 6 L +115 u8.5 J. Guthrie (7.0) J. Vargas (7.0)
May 13, '13 @ LAA W 11 - 4 W +126 o9.0 L. Mendoza (6.0) J. Blanton (4.2)
May 12, '13 NYY L 2 - 4 L -115 u7.0 E. Santana (6.1) H. Kuroda (7.2)
May 11, '13 NYY L 2 - 3 L -154 u7.5 J. Shields (8.0) A. Pettitte (7.0)
May 10, '13 NYY L 6 - 11 L -121 o8.0 W. Davis (5.0) P. Hughes (5.2)

Kansas City Next 3 Games

Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss
3-7-0
Over / Under
6-4-0
ML
-$8
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
May 20, '13 KC W 6 - 5 W +146 o9.0 D. Keuchel (6.2) J. Guthrie (5.0)
May 19, '13 @ PIT L 0 - 1 L +156 u8.5 L. Harrell (7.0) J. Locke (7.0)
May 18, '13 @ PIT W 4 - 2 W +232 u7.5 E. Bedard (6.0) A. Burnett (7.0)
May 17, '13 @ PIT L 4 - 5 L +169 o8.5 J. Lyles (5.0) J. Gómez (4.2)
May 15, '13 @ DET W 7 - 5 W +314 o9.0 D. Keuchel (5.2) M. Scherzer (7.0)
May 14, '13 @ DET L 2 - 6 L +267 u8.5 L. Harrell (5.0) D. Fister (7.0)
May 13, '13 @ DET L 2 - 7 L +275 o8.0 D. Norris (5.0) A. Sánchez (7.0)
May 12, '13 TEX L 7 - 12 L +128 o9.0 J. Lyles (4.0) N. Tepesch (6.0)
May 11, '13 TEX L 7 - 8 L +228 o8.0 E. Bedard (5.0) Y. Darvish (7.0)
May 10, '13 TEX L 2 - 4 L +190 u9.0 D. Keuchel (6.0) A. Ogando (5.2)

Houston Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Remaining Games - Series KC @ HOU
Date KC Starter HOU Starter
Wed, May 22 20:10 ET J. Shields R (13-9 3.15) J. Lyles R (7-9 5.59)

Series Game Records

Kansas City - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 6-9 18-16 6-13
Game 2 7-7 14-9 17-12
Game 3 7-4 13-13 12-8
Game 4 0-1 1-1 5-3
Houston - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 6-9 5-8 15-24
Game 2 4-10 7-13 9-23
Game 3 3-11 5-9 8-26
Game 4 0-2 1-3 1-5

Next 3 Series

Kansas City
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Thu, May 23 - Thu, May 23 @ HOU 50-108 24-57 H
Fri, May 24 - Sun, May 26 vs LAA 76-84 39-42 A
Mon, May 27 - Wed, May 29 vs STL 97-65 43-38 A
Houston
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Thu, May 23 - Thu, May 23 vs KC 86-76 42-39 A
Sat, May 25 - Sun, May 26 vs ATH 97-66 44-37 A
Mon, May 27 - Tue, May 28 vs COL 74-88 29-52 A

KC vs HOU Starters Recent Games

Win / Loss
2-3
ERA
8.39
Avg. IP
4.2
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
May 15, '13 LAA 5 - KC 9
W -101 o9.0 5.1 9 4 4 2 3 0 0 0.0 2.0
May 10, '13 KC 6 - NYY 11
L -121 o8.0 5.0 7 7 7 3 2 2 0 0.0 3.0
May 05, '13 KC 6 - CHW 5
W -130 o7.5 6.0 5 1 1 5 3 0 0 0.0 0.7
Apr 29, '13 KC 0 - CLE 9
L -150 p9.0 4.2 12 8 8 3 3 2 0 0.0 6.0
Apr 24, '13 DET 7 - KC 5
L +165 o7.5 3.2 8 7 3 2 4 0 0 0.0 1.5
Last 5 Avg. 4.2 8.2 5.4 4.6 3.0 3.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.6
Last Vs Houston
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jun 25, '11 HOU 2 - TB 7
W +105 o8.0 7.0 5 1 1 3 1 0 88 12.6 9.0
Last 1 Avg. 7.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 88.0 12.6 9.0
Win / Loss
0-0
ERA
4.06
Avg. IP
6.0
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
May 13, '13 DET 7 - HOU 2
L +275 o8.0 5.0 9 7 7 2 1 2 0 0.0 2.7
May 08, '13 HOU 3 - LAA 1
L -137 u9.5 8.0 9 1 1 2 1 1 0 0.0 2.0
May 03, '13 HOU 3 - DET 4
W -190 u8.0 7.0 5 2 2 7 3 0 0 0.0 5.0
Apr 28, '13 BOS 6 - HOU 1
L +186 u9.5 6.0 9 5 3 6 2 0 0 0.0 0.8
Apr 23, '13 HOU 3 - SEA 2
L -125 u7.5 5.0 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 0.0 0.8
Last 5 Avg. 6.0 8.0 3.2 2.8 3.8 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.2
Last Vs Kansas City
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
David Norris has not played against KC Royals.

KC vs HOU Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Kansas City 3.60 .256 .310 1.25 8.1 1.1 2.4 7.0
Houston 5.50 .293 .364 1.59 8.2 1.5 3.7 6.3
Starters
Team Runs/9 ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Kansas City 4.31 3.86 .266 .317 1.29 6.0 0.9 1.8 4.8
Houston 6.36 6.04 .304 .378 1.69 5.0 0.9 2.2 3.5
Relievers
Team Runs/9 ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Kansas City 3.25 2.84 .227 .288 1.15 2.1 0.3 0.7 2.4
Houston 5.59 4.80 .277 .344 1.46 3.2 0.7 1.5 2.8

More Stats

Kansas City Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
William Smith (L) 23 1 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 5 9.00 2.00 3:1
Last 3 1 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 5 9.00 2.00 3:1
Gregory Holland (R) 5 15 14.0 13 7 5 0 6 21 3.21 1.36 8:9
Last 3 3 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 2 3.00 1.33 3:2
Wade Davis (R) 5 8 40.2 59 31 27 6 18 30 6.08 1.89 37:25
Last 3 3 16.1 21 12 12 2 8 10 6.75 1.78 14:10
Kelvin Herrera (R) 2 18 19.1 18 10 10 8 7 23 4.74 1.29 19:7
Last 3 3 4.0 3 2 2 2 2 2 4.50 1.25 7:3
Luis Mendoza (R) 2 7 36.0 36 26 22 4 13 26 5.50 1.36 42:14
Last 3 3 18.0 19 11 8 1 3 12 4.00 1.22 20:7
Luke Hochevar (R) 1 11 16.1 10 2 2 1 3 18 1.13 0.80 10:9
Last 3 3 5.0 3 1 1 0 0 6 1.80 0.60 2:4
Aaron Crow (R) 1 14 11.2 7 2 2 1 4 7 1.64 0.94 16:8
Last 3 3 2.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 1.29 4:1
Bullpen Total 39 74 142.0 150 84 72 21 52 130 4.56 1.42 135:73
Last 3 19 52.2 58 34 29 6 16 37 4.96 1.41 53:28
Available Bullpen 37 49 114.0 133 80 68 19 45 105 5.37 1.56 109:56


Houston Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Darin Downs (L) 88 16 20.2 14 6 6 2 5 25 2.70 0.92 10:13
Last 3 3 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 3 4.50 1.25 3:2
Joshua Fields (R) 48 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0:0
Last 3 2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 0:0
Rhiner Cruz (R) 21 14 14.1 20 8 7 2 9 6 4.50 2.02 10:10
Last 3 3 3.0 6 1 1 0 0 2 3.00 2.00 0:2
Philip Humber (R) 10 9 35.2 57 38 38 7 14 20 9.77 1.99 41:27
Last 3 3 6.0 13 13 13 4 5 5 19.50 3.00 5:5
Jordan Lyles (R) 4 4 19.0 25 15 14 3 7 17 6.63 1.68 23:11
Last 3 3 14.0 19 13 12 3 6 11 7.71 1.79 19:6
Bullpen Total 171 45 90.1 116 67 65 14 35 69 6.48 1.67 84:61
Last 3 14 27.2 42 29 28 7 12 22 9.11 1.95 27:15
Available Bullpen 171 45 90.1 116 67 65 14 35 69 6.48 1.67 84:61
Kansas City All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
James Shields (R) 3 9 66.0 48 19 18 6 15 62 2.45 0.95 58:47
Ervin Santana (R) 2 8 55.1 51 18 17 6 9 44 2.78 1.08 48:37
Bruce Chen (L) 2 8 14.1 13 5 3 0 1 12 1.93 0.98 9:14
Jeremy Guthrie (R) 1 9 59.1 61 24 23 13 20 32 3.51 1.37 64:41


Houston All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Brett Oberholtzer (L) 30 1 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 9.00 1.50 2:4
Bradley Peacock (R) 21 6 22.0 29 23 23 7 13 19 9.41 1.91 16:16
Erik Bedard (L) 3 9 33.0 37 22 22 9 15 34 6.00 1.58 27:14
Lucas Harrell (R) 2 10 56.1 63 30 29 8 29 32 4.66 1.63 77:23
Dallas Keuchel (L) 1 9 34.2 43 24 19 6 14 22 5.03 1.64 46:15
Paul Clemens (R) 1 13 27.1 21 13 12 7 7 19 4.00 1.02 25:23

Betting Terminology

  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds
  • O/U: Closing total and odds
  • IP: Innings pitched by the starter
  • H: Hits allowed by the starter
  • R: Runs allowed by the starter
  • ER: Earned runs allowed by the starter
  • SO: Strikeouts thrown by the starter
  • BB: Walks allowed by the starter
  • HR: Home runs allowed by the starter
  • PIT: Total pitches thrown by the starter
  • P/IP: Pitches thrown per inning by the starter
  • GB:FB: Groundball - flyball ratio by the starter

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win-loss record (last 10)
  • Net $: $ won/lost based on $100 bets (last 10)
  • O/U: Over under record (last 10)
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the game
  • O/U: Closing total and odds for the game
  • Away/Home Starter: Starting pitchers for the game
  • Last vs: The result last time the teams played
  • Schedule Starter: Expected starter for the upcoming game

Betting Terminology

Records below refer to the game # of all series across the season. Game 1, game 2 etc.

  • Overall: Team’s season record
  • After Win: Team’s record for the game immediately after a win
  • After Loss: Team’s record for the game immediately after a loss

Betting Terminology

  • Runs/9: Runs per nine innings
  • AVG: Batting average
  • Hits: Average hits per game
  • HR: Average home runs per game
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) per game
  • EB Hits: Average extra base hits per game
  • SB: Average stolen bases per game
  • OBP: On base percentage
  • R: Runs allowed
  • ER: Earned runs allowed
  • AVG: Batting average allowed
  • HR: Average home runs allowed
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) allowed
  • IP(S): Average innings pitched by starters
  • K(S): Average strikeouts by starters
  • K(B): Average strikeouts by bullpen
  • Rest(B): % of relievers that are available to pitch today
  • RF: Average team runs for. The run support pitchers are getting

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